Omar made the shocking remarks during a Tuesday interview on Yahoo News’ “Through Her Eyes” with Zainab Salbi. Yes, the same Iran who is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism.

She is the Founder of Women for Women International, author of several books, and host of Through Her Eyes with Yahoo News and #Me Too, Now What? They believe that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth. Zainab Salbi (Arabic: زينب سلبي; born 1969) is an Iraqi women's rights activist, writer, and public speaker.

At the age of 23, she founded Women for Women International—a grassroots humanitarian and development organization dedicated to … “How can America work productively towards a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians in … “I want to talk about Israel because it has been a point of contention,” Salbi said. Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi-American humanitarian, entrepreneur, author,and media commentator who has dedicated herself to women’s rights and freedom. In February, Omar compared Israel to Iran during an interview with Zainab Salbi on Yahoo News and said that she "chuckles" when Israel is upheld as a … WATCH:

Omar made the shocking remarks during a Tuesday interview on Yahoo News’ “Through Her Eyes” with Zainab Salbi. During an interview Tuesday with Yahoo News on “Through Her Eyes” with Zainab Salbi, Ilhan Omar compared Israel to Iran and boasted on how Iran is more democratic than Israel. News’s Zainab Salbi posted on social media Tuesday. Omar, a Somalia-born Muslim, was responding to a question posed during an interview by Zainab Salbi, the host of the Yahoo News talk show, Through Her Eyes, which aired Tuesday, Jan. 29.

“How can America work productively towards a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” Salbi … “I want to talk about Israel because it has been a point of contention,” Salbi said. … Here’s part of the transcript: SALBI: “I want to talk about Israel because it has been a point of contention. Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said she “almost chuckle[s]” when Israel is labeled a “democracy” during an interview with Yahoo!

Zainab Salbi is the EP and Host of Through Her Eyes at Yahoo News and the author of Freedom is an Inside Job. Omar made the shocking remarks during a Tuesday interview on Yahoo News’ “Through Her Eyes” with Zainab Salbi. “How can America work productively towards a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians in … original series on PBS.